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Author : Daphne Greaves
Publisher : Dramatic Publishing
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Cuba
ISBN : 1583423400

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Day of the Kings by Daphne Greaves Pdf

"Inspired by actual events, Day of the Kings tells the little-known story of Enriquetta Faber, a courageous woman living a dangerous lie. In early 1800s Cuba, it is illegal for women to practice medicine. So Faber, the widow of a French surgeon, disguises herself as a man and becomes a respected doctor with a thriving practice. Faber negotiates the harsh extremes of Cuban society and realizes she is not the only one living a lie and breaking taboos. Hector Nunez is the owner of a large plantation. His increasing debt, an unhappy wife, and a passionate mistress are taking a serious and painful toll on his health. Hector's teenage daughter, Blanca, is undergoing her own growing pains. When she falls in love with Esteban, a young slave in the family's household, Blanca embarks on a potentially disastrous course. The crises of this family, her patients, swirl around Faber as she attempts to maintain her own lonely and secretive existence. However, when Faber falls in love with her young apprentice, her life spins out of control. On the Day of the Kings--a day of celebration, drink, music and dancing in the streets--secrets are revealed and lives overturned, and Faber is forced to make the hardest decision of her life."--Publisher's website.

Author : Ben Kiernan
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1412806690

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Genocide and Resistance in Southeast Asia by Ben Kiernan Pdf

Two modern cases of genocide and extermination began in Southeast Asia in the same year. Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge regime ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, and Indonesian forces occupied East Timor from 1975 to 1999. This book examines the horrific consequences of Cambodian communist revolution and Indonesian anti-communist counterinsurgency. It also chronicles the two cases of indigenous resistance to genocide and extermination, the international cover-ups that obstructed documentation of these crimes, and efforts to hold the perpetrators legally accountable. The perpetrator regimes inflicted casualties in similar proportions. Each caused the deaths of about one-fifth of the population of the nation. Cambodia's mortality was approximately 1.7 million, and approximately 170,000 perished in East Timor. In both cases, most of the deaths occurred in the five-year period from 1975 to1980. In addition, Cambodia and East Timor not only shared the experience of genocide but also of civil war, international intervention, and UN conflict resolution. U.S. policymakers supported the invading Indonesians in Timor, as well as the indigenous Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. Both regimes exterminated ethnic minorities, including local Chinese, as well as political dissidents. Yet the ideological fuel that ignited each conflagration was quite different. Jakarta pursued anti-communism; the Khmer Rouge were communists. In East Timor the major Indonesian goal was conquest. In Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge's goal was revolution. Maoist ideology influenced Pol Pot's regime, but it also influenced the East Timorese resistance to the Indonesia's occupiers. Genocide and Resistance in Southeast Asia is significant both for its historical documentation and for its contribution to the study of the politics and mechanisms of genocide. It is a fundamental contribution that will be read by historians, human rights activists, and genocide studies specialists.

Author : Stan Ellis
Publisher : BalboaPress
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781452538037

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The Chrysopoeia Revelation by Stan Ellis Pdf

As escalating aggression and chaotic global changes converge, threatening to crush our dreams and collapse the foundation of reality is a perceptual shift or evolution of consciousness emerging to unveil knowledge of the absolute truth of humanitys destiny. Stemming from authentic science, The Chrysopoeia Revelation unfolds an answer that includes how humanity will evolve higher consciousness and mortal being. At the site of an anomalous Mayan Pyramid in Panama, Ben, a professor researching the field of consciousness, joins an expedition in quest for an ancient relic that reveals how to accelerate the evolution of higher consciousness. The dangers Ben faces, dimensional experiences, a romantic past-life back-story, and the choices he makes raises his super-conscious abilities. Pursued by guerilla mercenaries working for the Illuminatis New World Order, the expeditionwhich includes a Mayan Shaman and yet-to-be-realized soul matesdiscovers the secret to evolving humanity in accord with the Mayan 2012 prophesy of a new age of peace, prosperity, and spirituality. Praise for The Chrysopoeia Revelation: There is some great stuff herevision quests, reincarnation, slow time. As a writer, you have come up with an amazing concept. The vision scenes hold the key to additional tension and action. As written, these are immensely powerful mental and visual sequences. Script Pipeline, Hollywood, Ca.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1816
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0018994086

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Diccionario classico historico-geografico-mythologico ... Obra original publicada ultimamente em Inglaterra ... Traduzida [from Thomas Browne's “A Classical Dictionary, for the use of Schools”] ... por Francisco de Paula Jacou by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michael S. Vigil
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781663224620

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The Rise of the Sicario by Michael S. Vigil Pdf

The plush, green colored, rolling hills surrounding Santa Clara del Cobre provided a mystical backdrop to the small town located in the western state of Michoacán, Mexico. The state, with a stretch of coastline along the sky-blue waters of the Pacific Ocean, derived its name from the ancient Nahuatl language used by the Aztecs, which means “place of the fisherman.” Rich copper mines have provided most of the town’s sustenance for several centuries and even now more than eighty percent of its inhabitants make their living as coppersmiths. As one strolls through the village, the incessant hammering of the orange-colored metal is deafening. The town grudgingly, through time, has clung to its colonial look. Most of the houses and buildings are painted a vibrant white and roofed in ornate red tiles.

Author : Chantelle Roberts
Publisher : LULU
Page : 531 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781483410210

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Prayer for the Blood Angel by Chantelle Roberts Pdf

In the distant future, a new form of an old, deadly religion ravages mankind. Its followers, the Men of Adam, have recruited an ancient race to purify the universe of the plague of the unclean, the nonbelievers, once and for all. The future of freethinkers everywhere rests on the shoulders of the young queen, Arial, who must find the strength to realize her potential. If she fails, the annihilation of the Worlds is a certainty. She must rise above a swirling maelstrom of betrayal, sacrifice, and intrigue to save her people. Before the war draws to its bloody end, armies will be destroyed, mages will test the very limits of the physical realm, daemons will walk among the living, Elvin clans will cleave through shadow, and the blood angels will rain down terror. Is the courage of one young woman enough to save the Worlds?

Author : Linn Holmberg,Maria Simonsen
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783030643003

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Stranded Encyclopedias, 1700–2000 by Linn Holmberg,Maria Simonsen Pdf

In Stranded Encyclopedias, 1700–2000: Exploring Unfinished, Unpublished, Unsuccessful Encyclopedic Projects, fourteen scholars turn to the archives to challenge the way the history of modern encyclopedism has long been told. Rather than emphasizing successful publications and famous compilers, they explore encyclopedic enterprises that somehow failed. With a combined attention to script, print, and digital cultures, the volume highlights the many challenges facing those who have pursued complete knowledge in the past three hundred years. By introducing the concepts of stranded and strandedness, it also provides an analytical framework for approaching aspects often overlooked in histories of encyclopedias, books, and learning: the unpublished, the unfinished, the incomplete, the unsuccessfully disseminated, and the no-longer-updated. By examining these aspects in a new and original way, this book will be of value to anyone interested in the history of encyclopedism and lexicography, the history of knowledge, language, and ideas, and the history of books, writing, translating, and publishing. Chapters 1 and 4 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Author : Justine Davis
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781459279230

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Lover under Cover by Justine Davis Pdf

TRINITY STREET WEST RITA Award Winning Author In a world of shadows… BENEATH THE SURFACE… Running away had never been Caitlin Murphy's style, especially when a child's life had been claimed by the dangers of Trinity Street West. And the one man whose help she needed was a cocky detective with a love 'em and leave 'em reputation…. LAY A LOVER'S SECRETS. But Quisto Romero wasn't exactly what she'd expected. He was willing to infiltrate a ruthless gang to catch the young boy's killer. And he would do anything to slip past Caitlin's defenses to find the vulnerable, passionate woman underneath…. TRINITY STREET WEST. Where danger lies around every corner—and the biggest danger of all is falling in love.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1380 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Southeast Asia
ISBN : WISC:89107704835

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Translations on South and East Asia by Anonim Pdf

Author : André Klip,Göran Sluiter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Arbitration (International law)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105064148526

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Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals: Timor Leste : the Special Panels for Serious Crimes, 2001-2003 by André Klip,Göran Sluiter Pdf

This volume contains the most important decisions of the Special Panels for Serious Crimes in Timor Leste for the period 2001-2003. All decisions are commented on by distinguished international scholars and academics.

Author : Colin Timms
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2003-10-23
Category : Music
ISBN : 0195348273

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Polymath of the Baroque by Colin Timms Pdf

This is the first book to consider all aspects of the life of Agostino Steffani (1654-1728), a composer, diplomat, and bishop. A remarkable figure of the late 17th and early 18th century Europe, Steffani began his career as a composer, musician, and courtier, but his accomplishments brought him high-level positions in the courts of Germany and the Catholic Church. Throughout his diplomatic and ecclesiatical career, Steffani continued to compose chamber music, vocal chamber music, operas, and sacred music--works which inspired Handel and other Baroque composers.

Author : Justine Davis
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-12-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781459279513

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Leader of the Pack by Justine Davis Pdf

TRINITY STREET WEST The wife he couldn't forget… SHE'D THOUGHT SHE WOULD NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN. Wounded and backed into a corner, Ryan Buckhart sought a temporary escape from months of undercover police work. He could go to only one place…find safety in the arms of only one woman. He'd never stopped wanting, loving her—but she was no longer his wife…. Lacey Buckhart remembered how Ryan's stubborn devotion to the job had cost them their marriage. This time, his need to bring down a vicious gang threatened their second chance at happiness. The lone wolf had left the pack for now…but was he truly home to stay? TRINITY STREET WEST. Where danger lies around every corner—and the biggest danger of all is falling in love.

Author : André Klip,Göran Sluiter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 852 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Arbitration (International law)
ISBN : 9050956734

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Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals by André Klip,Göran Sluiter Pdf

This volume contains decisions taken by the Special Panels for Serious Crimes of the Dili District Court and the Court of Appeal of East Timor in the years 2001-2003.

Author : Jake Emanuel,Willie Block
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250284921

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The Edge of Sleep by Jake Emanuel,Willie Block Pdf

What if the whole world fell asleep...and didn’t wake up again? Dave Torres, a night watchman in a placid coastal town, knows all about sleep troubles. Since childhood, he’s battled terrors and nightmares. Sometimes those battles leak into his waking life, with disastrous consequences for those he loves. Now Dave lives alone and self-medicates to neutralize his dreams. It’s not much of a life, he knows. The morning after Independence Day, Santa Mira, California, is so quiet Dave can hear the ocean from miles away. Traffic signals blink from red to green over empty intersections. Storefronts remain locked up tight. Every radio station whispers static. And all over town, there are bodies, lying right where their owners left them. Dead right where they slept. Dave—along with his ex-girlfriend, Katie, his best friend, Matteo, and Linda, a nurse he’s just met—struggle to unravel the mystery before sleep overtakes them all. Except the answer to the mystery might lie in the one place that frightens Dave most: His twisted, unnerving dreams. Now Dave and his friends must straddle the liminal boundary between life and death as they fight to save everyone they’ve ever loved—and to keep their eyes open. Because if any of them falls asleep now, it will be the last thing they ever do.

Author : Javier Fenández Aguado,Lourdes Molinero
Publisher : Editorial Almuzara
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9788483566695

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La sociedad que no amaba a las mujeres by Javier Fenández Aguado,Lourdes Molinero Pdf

¿Qué tienen en común Isabel la Católica, Teresa de Jesús, Clara Campoamor, Frida Khalo y Coco Chanel? Todas fueron mujeres excepcionales y vencieron las trabas de una sociedad que no favorecía el desarrollo de su talento por el mero hecho de ser mujer. Esta obra recoge los perfiles de 60 mujeres que vivieron entre el siglo XIV a. C: y 1978, muchas de ellas grandes desconocidas para el gran público. Todas ellas tenían condición de líderes, pero ejercieron ese liderazgo de manera muy diferente y no siempre de forma positiva. De cada una de ellas se extraen numerosas enseñanzas de completa actualidad para los profesionales de hoy, al margen de su sexo.